Mediamatic – Media Library Folders <= 2.8.0 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24848
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published November 15, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher ZhongFu Su
Description

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mediamatic (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.0
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
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